Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Quoth the Doug Herr : > >> Tina Manley wrote: >> >> > The prejudice against Leica is astounding to me. >> >> A lot of it is sour grapes. Joe CaNikon doesn't grok so he disses >> it. >> > >And, to be fair, there are an awful lot of non-LUG Leicaphiles who >are, shall we say, less than sterling examples of the kind of grace, >humility, and information-sharing that we've all become used to in >the saloon. > >When Joe CaNikon's primary experience with Leica is that the average >user attached to the camera is an arrogant ass with more money than >eye and more attitude than ability.... he's not going to look fondly >on the camera. Sure, it's an unfair transference, but it's not all >that unreasonable. > >I love the lenses, I like the cameras, and I could drop a fair number >of users off a very high cliff without doubt, hesitation, or loss of >sleep... and, I suspect, at some considerable gain to the >photographic world. > I would come visit you with some trepidation. I don't have a fear of heights, and don't mind standing at the edge of high cliffs. Being pushed off them is another matter. However, I did enjoy your site, and visited a number of links; eg, Anita Brown's stuff. How is her stuff related to your's? -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com